About the Authors
- José Raul Sandoval
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Affiliations Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP), Lima, Peru
- Daniela R. Lacerda
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Affiliation Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Marilza S. A. Jota
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Affiliation Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Alberto Salazar-Granara
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Affiliation Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP), Lima, Peru
- Pedro Paulo R. Vieira
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Affiliation Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Oscar Acosta
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Affiliation Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP), Lima, Peru
- Cinthia Cuellar
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Affiliation Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), La Paz, Bolivia
- Susana Revollo
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Affiliation Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), La Paz, Bolivia
- Ricardo Fujita
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Affiliation Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP), Lima, Peru
- Fabrício R. Santos
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* E-mail: fsantos@icb.ufmg.br
Affiliation Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- The Genographic Project Consortium
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¶¶ Membership of The Genographic Project Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments
Competing Interests
The authors, including all authors from universities, institutes, and private companies declare that they followed all ethical guidelines and there is no financial conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of this manuscript. The participation of authors of private companies like IBM does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JRS RF FRS. Performed the experiments: JRS DRL MSJ. Analyzed the data: JRS DRL RF FRS. Wrote the paper: JRS FRS. Collected the samples: JRS ASG OA RF PPV SR CC FRS. Reviewed and approved the final version of this manuscript: JRS RF FRS DRL MSJ ASG OA PPV CC SR.